Power Rangers: A Legend Retold

"Doomsday" Part 2

Jason finished fiddling with the small rock and threw it at the stones ahead, it bounced off of a few solitary blades of grass and lay still. He could hear the birds calling out in the heat of the afternoon sun above.

"I..still can't believe it. My Mum, my Dad! Those bastards! Those fucking bastards!" Zack slammed his fist on the Command Centre's outer wall.

"I know man, I know. Just...sit down, alright?" Jason turned to him.

Zack shook tears away and sat on the rock next to Jason's.

"Why us Jason? Why did these god dam coins pick us? Our whole families are dead because of this 'honour' we have been given" Zack tried to hold it in as a wash of emotion overcame him.

"I dunno. I feel helpless you know? But we aren't. We need to stick together and make sure those alien bastards pay" Jason turned his head.

"Yeah" Zack lowered his and stared at the ground "I personally vow to kill ten of them for every member of my family."
"Don't talk like that man. We need to be better than them" Jason replied.

"Wake up Jason!" Zack stood now "its not just us who have paid the price here. Millions of died these past few months and we are the only ones with the tools for the job. The tools to fight back for everyone on this planet! Now you need to get over that leadership crap you think your good at now and lead us to victory! This ain't Star Wars man. Embracing revenge is not some evil thing. It's fucking human!"

Zack sat with a sigh "sorry."
"No" Jason shook his head "your upset. We are all upset. Hell, maybe your right."

"Speaking of which" Zack looked up "how's everyone else doing?"

"They have each other" Jason replied.

"Each other? I mean I get Trini and Billy but..."
"Yeah. Tommy went to go find Kim and they haven't come back."
Zack looked over Jason a moment before replying "damn. You ok dude?"
"I encouraged it" even Jason looked surprised himself "we need to hold on to everyone we love now. And they love each other."
"You're a bigger man than I could be Jason" Zack nodded.

"Yeah" Jason smiled for a brief second "I just hope I'm man enough to lead us to win this fight."

***

Tommy slid his bare body up Kimberly's as they kissed again. What had happened on Mars had just been controlling sex, but this...this was real for him. He suddenly heard her gasp and in a moment it was over. He kissed her again and rolled to the side, both of them breathing heavily.

Minutes seemed like hours as she rested on his chest, neither of them truly asleep. Instead they took in this moment of quiet, this moment of normality in their extraordinary lives.

"Tommy?" Kim spoke in a peaceful voice as she looked up at him.

"Hmm?" He responded.

"You think we can win this time?" She asked.

"I hope so" he breathed out "but you got me this time."

"Yeah" she smiled and put her head back "I can't believe everyone in my old life is gone."
"Yeah" Tommy sighed "try not to think about it."

She nodded and went silent for a moment before speaking up again.
"You know they say that this takes your focus away before a sports game or I guess a battle" Kimberly said.

"Then its a good job we have our suits" He chuckled.

At that moment they almost cursed as the alarms wailed and Alpha's voice came over the speakers.

"Rangers. Please come to the main chamber."

Kim rolled on top of Tommy and kissed him.

"I love you" she said.

"I know" he embraced her again "I love you too."
"Promise me we will both come back."
"If you do."
"Deal."
"I Promise."

They kissed again and quickly got up and dressed, heading for the main chamber.

***

Kimberly and Tommy ran down the catwalk meeting the others who looked back as they came.

"Rangers. Lord Zedd seems to have left two battle suits, they must of been attached to the invisible ship. They are attacking you only major capital city left undamaged. Sydney, Australia" Zordon told them as images of the giant robotic suits attacking Sydney appeared on the various news channels on the screens.

"Looks like this party is going to start a little early" Jason commented.

"Be careful Rangers. Goldar and Scorpina appeared with the ground forces a few minutes before the suits appeared, the are most likely piloting them" Zordon warned "I may also be a ploy for you to use your resources on this attack, leaving you weakened when the fleet arrives."

"Man. That don't look like any battle suit we have faced before" Zack pointed to the larger, stranger one on screen.

"It appears using the designs they recovered from us they have modified a suit to create their very own Zord like battle suit." Zordon responded.

"Then we are going to need everything we got. We can't take the chance, no more people innocent people will die today. Come on guys, time to take it to these bastards!"

Kimberly and Tommy looked at each other as the six of them raised their morphers.

"Great Dragon!"

"Masterdon!"
"Pteryadactyl!"

"Triceratops!"

"Sabretooth Tiger!"

"Tyrannosaurus!"

***

The peak of a Sydney building became rumble as Goldar pulled the trigger and fired a beam of energy from the gun holsters placed on the hand of his new Zord. He pulled back the smoking barrels and rumbled with laughter.

"This thing handles beatifully" Goldar said over the radio.

"Just remember we are here to draw out the Power Rangers my dear" Scorpina's voice was filled with scorn.

"Do not tempt me. As for them, you know who I'm after."
The very thought of Tommy brought rage to him and he fired the guns on the other hand, just missing Scorpina's suit as behind her another building exploded. The screams of the people echoing though the air below.

***

The Rangers faded from the light into existence, the six of them looking up at the destruction. Some how they knew they would never get used to it, however it was getting easier seeing this much chaos and death.

They were about to call for their Zords when from behind a group of golden armoured soldiers attacked them. They turned on instinct, went into fighting stance and engaged them.

Billy called for his lance, got in a good couple of kicks on two before slashing with his weapon, with all the might of his sorrow and his hatred. Each of them battled with untold rage within them to avenge their families, even surprising themselves as they manuvered from attacks and took out targets.

Trini slashed her daggers in a crisscross position, slicing open the alien's throat and wincing as his off colour blood splashed on her armour. She had barely time think about it when another rushed her, she caught his momentum, tossed him overhead and brought the daggers down into his chest as he hit the ground.

Kimberly fired her bow, reloading with a quick agility only her armour could give her. One direct hit in the head, two, three. Each arrow piercing the soldiers helmets.

Zack brought down his axe twice in succession taking out two of the oncoming attackers. One managed to get in a hit in on his shoulder but it barely pierced his armour. He retaliated in kind with another powerful swing of his heavy axe.

Jason now zeroed in on the final soldier as he ran for his life. Jason was not in any mood to give mercy, he took off with his boots and came down with his sword slicing the fleeing alien in two.
Each of them took a moment as they regrouped and looked up as the battle suits continued their attacks.

"Right, now for you" Jason sneered "Zords come to us!"

It took a few moments as Jason's single command activated and brought the Zord's to them at unbelievable speeds. While they waited Tommy walked over to Kim and grabbed her shoulders.

"See you after" he nodded to her.

"Yeah, be safe" she nodded back.

Tommy smiled beneath his helmet and took off toward the top of the nearest building. He brought his mask down, his flute up and played.

The ground shook at the four ground based Zords landed from their flight and began to head into battle. The five Rangers boarded them as in the distance the Dragonzord rose from the river before the opera house.

Tommy clenched his fist and shot off, boarding the Dragonzord cockpit. Behind it the other five Zords had already begun the transformation. Within a moment the Megazord stood where once the five had been. They walked toward each other, regrouped and then headed for the enemy.

Dragonzord fired its missiles on command, Tommy watched as three off the ten hit directly on target on the enemy Zord. It barley scratched the surface.

"Oh shit" Tommy let out as the Zord came from him.

The giant machine, and its pilot for that matter seemed to totally ignore the Megazord. As it came on the attack it merely slammed its fist sideways into it, knocking them away like a mere annoyance. The Rangers brought the weapon to its feet as the Zord aimed both its arms for the Dragonzord.

"My turn" Goldar sneered.

The shots fired in quick succession, Tommy tired to maneuver but his Zord took the discharges point blank. Tommy let out a cry as the Dragonzord tumbled backward and through a structure. It feel through broken bits of glass and stone as it fell to the ground.

The others brought in the Megazord, calling for the power sword and bringing it to bare on Goldar's Zord. They had barely taken a few steps when they were tackled by Scorpina's battle suit. She swung the right arm and brought it around with force into Megazord's head.

The Rangers let out a cry as the cabin shook and sparked. Zack got hold of the controls and again and retaliated; bringing down the large blade across the suits chest area. They watched as sparks flew and metal shred from the blow.

Goldar stepped over and brought the large left foot of the thing down on the Dragonzord's head and treading it in. He went for another blow, all the anger of his wife's betrayal fuelling him as he piloted the controls. This time however Tommy has his own incentive. In his mind he saw an image of his mother, his father, his brother, his whole family and then finally the promise he made to Kim and the day they had spent together. He took the controls with determination and caught the foot, forcing it back up and finally mustering everything both he and Zord had to bring it to its feet. He activated the tail and swung it around, bringing the saws online and drilling into the chest and shoulder of the enemy Zord. As he turned back to face the target he realised his mistake as Goldar's Zord's fist swung with a backhand blow, smashing the windows of his cockpit and damaging the Dragonzord's facial features. He then brought the right hand up and fired all he had, the chest plate of the Dragonzord shattered from the impacts and once again the Zord fell to the ground below. This time however it wasn't getting up. The Dragonzord let out a weak roar as it lay critically damaged on the ground.

"Now your mine Tommy" Goldar said through clenched teeth.

Tommy had no choice but to bail out of his Zord. He opened the top hatch and leaped out to the ground below. Goldar could not of been more pleased as he set the Zord on autopilot and took an elevator to the main exit. He walked out into the open air and brought his sword up to attack. As the two combatants walked toward each other the Zedorian Zord's main thrusters fired and it took off into the sky above.

"I don't need a battle suit to beat you Tommy" Goldar growled as they circled each other "we will finish this as I would prefer it. Man to man."

"You are going to pay for what you did to my family, our families!" Tommy replied, behind him the Dragonzord continued to spark from its wounds.

"And what about my family Tommy? You dare to share a bunk with my wife! The wife of a General of the Empire!" Goldar hissed back.

"So thats what this is about" Tommy realised "thats why you ignored the others and thats why your here alone. Your hatred has blinded you General, that mistake will cost you dearly."

"Enough talk!" Goldar cried and let out a roar as he ran for Tommy.

Goldar brought his golden blade swinging for him, Tommy blocked the first blow and rolled under the second. He came about as Goldar moved in again and stopped the swing just in time.

"I have fought besides you Tommy" Goldar growled as he leaned in "you will lose."
"We'll see" Tommy replied and got in a straight punch to the gut.

With the power of his armour the blow was enough to knock Goldar back. Tommy didn't waste any time, spinning with a kick and hitting the left side of Goldar's head. Goldar reached for it and fell back, bringing his sword back up.

Meanwhile the Megazord continued its battle with Scorpina's battle suit.

"How dare you leave me!" Scorpina shouted as she saw Goldar down below.

In that moment she had taken her eye off the ball and Megazord once again got in a good hit. It swang for another but this time she fired her right guns and knocked them back.

Tommy and Goldar continued their battle, swings and misses from either side. A missed kick from Tommy left his stance uneven. Goldar took the chance and moved in hitting three hard downward blows to Tommy's raised sword, as Goldar predicted he lost his balance. As he tumbled Goldar brought his sword down for an underhanded blow, swung it up sending Green Ranger's sword flying into the air and stabbed forward. The blow hit directly on target on Tommy's belt buckle. The tip of sword reached the centre of the morpher and the power coin smashed into shards of gold. In moments Tommy was no longer the Green Ranger but was once again the plain human Tommy Oliver. He was in shock for a moment, in despair as Goldar swang for him. He ducked and rolled out of the way dogging swing after swing. No, he was not just a human. Whether he had a green battle suit or not he was a Power Ranger. He ducked once final swing until Goldar changed his formation, turning his sword in his right hand and brining it up. Tommy looked down, knowing their was nothing he could do as the sword pierced his chest. He felt a pain like no other as the blade ripped through his body and came out of the other side, rising up out of his back. He let out a loud cry of pain and fell to the ground as Goldar withdrew his sword. As his vision blurred all that went through his mind was Kim. He hoped he would stay alive long enough to speak to her again, one last time, to see her face again but he knew he wouldn't. The last thing he saw was Goldar's boots as his vision went black and his body fell lifeless.

The Megazord brought the sword up from one final blow of its own, they had been too busy with their own fight to notice their fallen comrade. Zack brought the throttle down hard and watched as the sword smashed through the head and the cockpit of the battle suit. It fell to the ground with a booming explosion.

Goldar looked up seeing this sight and his joy of revenge turned to uncontrollable sadness, his heart in such pain as he saw the battle suit explode.

"No" He let out a cry "No!"

He dropped to his knees with grief, weeping as he dropped his sword and brought his hands up. 'I left her to die..." he though 'No! No! It was them! I will kill them all like I did Tommy! But for now I will let them see what I have done and enjoy knowing they too will feel my pain.' He rose realising he had no chance against them and took off, heading toward the transport he had arrived on. In his mind he knew that the Rangers would be to distracted with Tommy to come after him.

It was after their moment of celebration the Rangers turned the Megazord back around to see the fallen Dragonzord as it lay on the ground, heavily damaged.

"Oh god..." Kim started.

None of the others said anything until Billy suddenly spotted the body.
"Look!" He called out pointing.

"Oh dear God no" Jason gulped, he felt like he was going to be sick.

Before he had finished the words Kimberly was out of her chair, the others following. They jumped down, the armour absorbing the impact as they touched down on the ground. A crowd of people had now begun to form around them, some gasping, some talking, some still crying in terror and sadness. Kimberly didn't even notice them or anyone else as she ran toward Tommy. They all followed behind as she knelt down and picked his head up from the floor. Jason stopped and looked down seeing the blood everywhere and not even having to see Tommy's body to know. He walked around, seeing Kimberly merely shaking as she held his head. Jason looked down seeing Tommy's wound, his lifeless face and lowered his head. He could deal with it in a moment, for now however he needed this crowd out of here, they needed to be alone.

"Get these people out of here" he turned to the others.

Trini, Billy and Zack cleared their throats and dispersed amongst the circle of people.

"Get out of here! Move! Get back to your homes now!" They each cried a variation of as shoed them.

Some were more difficult than others, one middle aged asian man in particular seemed very interested in the scene, he was staring intently at the body.

"Sir" Trini walked over to him "for your own protection. Get out of here now!"

"Of course. My applogies" he man nodded, bowed and walked away.

Soon the area was clear, Billy and Zack continued checking the surrounding area to make sure no one else came over.

"Its clear now" Trini told Jason and Kimberly as she walked over to them.

The three of them de-morphed back into themselves, satisfied that the area was clear. Trini knelt down behind Kim who had not moved other than to press her morpher, she was hugging Tommy's head close as Trini grabbed her shoulder.

"Kim, I'm so sorry" Trini herself was now in tears.

Kimberly didn't answer but merely pulled his head tighter and kissed it.

"You promised" she let out between sobs "you promised me."

Having now opened her mouth let the flood gates open and she screamed with uncontrollable pain and anguish. She then finally turned to Trini, falling forward into her friend's arms. Jason stood next to them unable to control his own emotions, his hand bleed from his nails as he clenched his fist tight. This had been the darkest day he had ever known. First their families and now one of their own. He barley become friends with Tommy and now that friend was gone before he had chance to really know him. He finally breathed out and raised his head, the dampness of his own eyes now evident in the sunlight as he brought he communicator up to his mouth to report to base.

"Zordon" Jason cleared his throat "One battle suit destroyed, enemy Zord has withdrawn and....Tommy is dead."